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Long Pond Ironworks State Park

Green Turtle Pond & Boulderdash

6.5 mi · ▲ 1,107 ft · 2 hr 43 min

Green Turtle Pond & Boulderdash is a 6.5-mile out-and-back in Long Pond Ironworks State Park near Hewitt, NJ. The route reaches Green Turtle Pond at the turnaround, 3.2 miles in. It climbs 1,107 ft. It scores 20/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi541 – 843 ft6.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Burnt Meadow Trail 41.13058, -74.32839
Nearest town Hewitt, NJ
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Green Turtle Pond & Boulderdash

6.5 mi · ▲ 1,107 ft · 2 hr 43 min

Elevation 541–842 ft

Out & Back · Long Pond Ironworks State Park

Trailhead: Burnt Meadow Trail · 41.13058, -74.32839

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:22 PM

  1. Start on Powerline, heading NW.
  2. 0.2 miBear right onto Outside Fenceline, heading NW.
  3. 200 ftTurn right onto Safari 1, heading NW.
  4. 150 ftContinue straight onto Junk Yard Dog, heading NE.
  5. 100 ftContinue straight onto Safari 1, heading N.
  6. 250 ftContinue straight onto Junk Yard Dog, heading N.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto Safari 1, heading N.
  8. 400 ftTurn left onto Junk Yard Dog, heading NE.
  9. 50 ftContinue straight onto Boulderdash, heading NE.
  10. 50 ftContinue straight onto Safari 1, heading NE.
  11. 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
  12. 0.2 miSharp left, heading W.
  13. 1 miBear right, heading N.
  14. 200 ftTurn right, heading N.
  15. 0.2 miTurn left onto Green Turtle, heading E.
  16. 0.8 miTurn right onto Green Turtle Loop, heading E.
  17. 0.4 miReach Green Turtle Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  18. 0.4 miTurn left onto Green Turtle, heading NE.
  19. 0.8 miTurn right, heading SE.
  20. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  21. 200 ftBear left, heading W.
  22. 1 miSharp right, heading S.
  23. 0.2 miBear left onto Safari 1, heading SE.
  24. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Boulderdash, heading E.
  25. 50 ftContinue straight onto Junk Yard Dog, heading E.
  26. 50 ftTurn right onto Safari 1, heading E.
  27. 400 ftContinue straight onto Junk Yard Dog, heading E.
  28. 50 ftContinue straight onto Safari 1, heading E.
  29. 250 ftContinue straight onto Junk Yard Dog, heading NE.
  30. 100 ftContinue straight onto Safari 1, heading NE.
  31. 150 ftTurn left onto Outside Fenceline, heading E.
  32. 200 ftBear left, heading E.
  33. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Powerline, heading SW.
  34. 250 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/green-turtle-pond-boulderdash-out-back

Trail surface

25% dirt6% paved69% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:22 PM

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